Mark
Leon
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 31, 1991 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2017   
All-Star Selections 2017    2018    2021    2022   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 16 PIT NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
2009 17 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2010 18 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2011 19 PIT NL     7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
2012 20 PIT NL     8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
2013 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2014 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2015 23 PIT NL $ 3,828,571   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2016 24 PIT NL $ 3,828,571   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2017 25 NYA AL $ 3,828,571   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2018 26 NYA AL $ 7,320,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2019 27 NYA AL $ 7,320,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2020 28 NYA AL $ 7,320,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2021 29 NYA AL $ 7,320,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2022 30 NYA AL $ 7,320,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,320,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 16 AAA   8 14 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 .357 .357 .357 .714 1.3  
    AA   65 260 35 82 13 5 6 38 5 7 26 47 .315 .378 .473 .851 42.6  
2009 17 PIT NL 76 243 24 58 17 3 3 19 2 0 12 66 .239 .271 .370 .642 24.4 2.3
    AAA   50 210 40 57 12 2 6 29 7 0 20 53 .271 .335 .433 .768 31.2  
2010 18 PIT NL 151 480 59 124 35 5 12 65 3 1 26 97 .258 .301 .427 .728 55.3 11.2
2011 19 AAA   136 532 99 186 34 3 24 105 10 8 56 80 .350 .412 .560 .972 109.7  
2012 20 AAA   138 534 101 188 30 1 25 79 17 6 69 82 .352 .426 .552 .979 116.0  
2013 21 PIT NL 156 550 93 162 45 3 19 102 15 4 77 113 .295 .380 .491 .871 94.9 20.6
2014 22 PIT NL 155 547 98 168 32 1 22 92 22 5 80 118 .307 .397 .490 .886 107.1 22.0
2015 23 PIT NL 158 566 88 156 25 3 23 88 21 2 68 97 .276 .356 .452 .808 92.8 17.3
2016 24 PIT NL 159 570 82 163 37 2 26 84 23 3 64 97 .286 .364 .495 .859 104.0 20.9
2017 25 PIT NL 60 222 43 72 12 1 22 54 4 3 31 30 .324 .412 .685 1.097 55.0 16.4
  NYA AL 94 357 75 100 18 0 21 61 7 5 49 56 .280 .372 .507 .879 64.3 11.9
  TOT   154 579 118 172 30 1 43 115 11 8 80 86 .297 .388 .575 .963 119.3 28.3
2018 26 NYA AL 153 599 110 179 45 1 35 135 14 8 73 97 .299 .376 .553 .928 119.2 24.0
2019 27 NYA AL 157 605 101 168 34 3 35 116 18 4 72 111 .278 .354 .517 .872 109.7 21.0
2020 28 NYA AL 154 613 110 196 38 3 27 121 17 6 62 93 .320 .382 .524 .905 115.8 24.1
2021 29 NYA AL 156 614 101 194 38 0 25 120 28 6 63 114 .316 .381 .500 .881 113.9 22.4
2022 30 NYA AL 149 601 119 195 36 3 38 135 19 4 58 93 .324 .384 .584 .968 125.9 25.4
12 Years Sim 1778 6567 1103 1935 412 28 308 1192 193 51 735 1182 .295 .367 .507 .874 1182.4 239.7
4 Years AAA 332 1290 241 436 76 6 55 215 34 15 145 217 .338 .407 .534 .941 258.3  
1 Years AA 65 260 35 82 13 5 6 38 5 7 26 47 .315 .379 .473 .852 42.6  
5 Years Minors 397 1550 276 518 89 11 61 253 39 22 171 264 .334 .402 .524 .926 300.9  
162 Game Average 598 100 176 37 2 28 108 17 4 66 107 .295 .367 .507 .874 107.7  
Career Highs 159 614 119 196 45 5 43 135 28 8 80 118 .324 .397 .584 .968 125.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5060 823 1478 317 19 227 898 152 39 559 920 .292 .364 .497 .861 893.4
vs LH   1507 280 457 95 9 81 294 41 12 176 262 .303 .377 .539 .917 293.0
Home 891 3179 542 942 193 16 139 571 96 32 367 591 .296 .371 .498 .869 569.8
Away 887 3388 561 993 219 12 169 621 97 19 368 591 .293 .364 .514 .878 616.6
RISP   1813 0 534 120 6 87 829 0 0 285 342 .295 .385 .511 .896 352.5
Pinch Hitting   71 9 17 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 21 .239 .289 .352 .642 7.3
Close/Late   667 113 194 49 4 25 99 0 0 91 129 .291 .377 .489 .866 119.0
Mar/Apr 263 983 169 306 67 3 50 168 35 8 121 172 .311 .386 .538 .924 196.2
May 295 1069 178 316 51 8 51 192 34 10 138 198 .296 .376 .501 .878 199.0
June 301 1105 180 313 66 3 49 221 33 10 122 201 .283 .356 .481 .837 186.9
July 277 1044 184 317 88 1 55 212 24 5 114 174 .304 .376 .548 .924 201.8
August 312 1123 208 356 72 6 60 202 40 8 130 208 .317 .389 .552 .941 228.7
Sep/Oct 330 1243 184 327 68 7 43 197 27 10 110 229 .263 .327 .433 .760 173.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2009 17 PIT NL 3B 69 69 563.0 47 105 7 7 .956 2.43 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    SS 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 18 PIT NL 3B 143 141 1151.7 84 219 16 21 .950 2.37 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    SS 6 0 10.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2013 21 PIT NL 1B 149 146 1295.3 1203 102 10 101 .992 9.07 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 22 PIT NL 1B 141 141 1247.0 1159 77 7 98 .994 8.92 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 9 1 24.0 5 9 0 2 1.000 5.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 23 PIT NL 1B 143 140 1251.3 1134 96 9 93 .993 8.85 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 8 8 72.7 58 5 0 0 1.000 7.80 20 5 .250 5 0.4
    SS 5 0 10.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 6.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 24 PIT NL 1B 153 146 1290.7 1386 107 11 149 .993 10.41 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 2 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 25 PIT NL 1B 58 58 518.4 540 39 4 49 .993 10.05 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 1 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL 1B 91 91 829.0 863 63 7 79 .992 10.05 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    SS 1 0 4.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 149 149 1347.4 1403 102 11 128 .993 10.05   2.3
      SS 2 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
2018 26 NYA AL 1B 150 150 1341.3 1339 97 10 129 .993 9.64 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 3 1 1 .800 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 27 NYA AL 1B 151 150 1356.7 1390 104 17 140 .989 9.91 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 28 NYA AL 1B 153 152 1380.7 1444 102 8 131 .995 10.08 0 0 .000 0 3.1
2021 29 NYA AL 1B 152 150 1366.7 1389 90 17 156 .989 9.74 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    SS 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2022 30 NYA AL 1B 146 146 1309.7 1271 75 12 116 .991 9.25 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1488 1470 13187.7 13119 952 112 1241 .992 9.60 0 0 .000 0 22.5
  3B 221 212 1745.7 133 330 23 29 .953 2.39 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  SS 37 1 82.0 8 31 1 4 .975 4.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 8 8 72.7 58 5 0 0 1.000 7.80 20 5 .250 5 0.4
  CF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1757 1693 15107.0 13323 1318 136 1274 .991 8.72 20 5 .250 5 27.6
Career Highs   158 152 1380.7 1444 224 17 156 .995 10.33 20 5 .250 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 21 PIT NL 17 66 9 22 6 0 3 8 2 1 5 18 .333 .380 .561 .941
2014 22 PIT NL 6 23 1 7 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 4 .304 .346 .435 .781
2017 25 NYA AL 18 73 14 24 4 0 3 18 2 0 11 11 .329 .417 .507 .924
2019 27 NYA AL 5 19 3 6 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 .316 .381 .579 .960
2020 28 NYA AL 5 19 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .316 .333 .421 .754
2021 29 NYA AL 12 39 6 15 4 0 1 7 1 1 11 5 .385 .510 .564 1.074
2022 30 NYA AL 18 75 12 20 1 0 3 10 2 0 2 20 .267 .286 .400 .686
Career Post-Season Batting 81 314 47 100 20 1 11 58 8 3 32 62 .318 .382 .494 .875
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2020-8-.320
2021-8-.316
2022-4-.324
On-Base Pct
2014-7-.397
Slugging Pct
2018-5-.553
2019-8-.517
2020-6-.524
2022-4-.584
CAR-25-.507
OPS
2018-6-.928
2020-6-.905
2021-9-.881
2022-3-.968
CAR-28-.874
XR
2018-4-119.2
2019-8-109.7
2020-3-115.8
2021-4-113.9
2022-4-125.9
CAR-32-1182.4
Games
2015-9-158
2016-3-159
2019-5-157
Runs
2018-7-110
2020-5-110
2022-4-119
CAR-43-1103
Hits
2020-5-196
2021-7-194
2022-4-195
Total Bases
2018-5-331
2019-7-313
2020-3-321
2021-8-307
2022-2-351
CAR-40-3327
Doubles
2013-6-45
2018-4-45
2021-10-38
CAR-42-412
Homeruns
2018-8-35
2019-8-35
2022-4-38
CAR-33-308
RBIs
2018-2-135
2019-7-116
2020-4-121
2021-5-120
2022-1-135
CAR-31-1192
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 83    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by San Diego in 2008
Traded from San Diego to Pittsburgh on 6/1/2008 (Going to SDN: P Jordan Hudak. Going to PIT: SS Mark Leon)
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/31/2009, off Dontrelle Willis (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/29/2009, off Matt Clement (NYN)
Injured on 7/19/2009 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/4/2011 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Won Player of the Week award on 6/6/2013, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/26/2013, hitting .581 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/6/2014
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 6/15/2017 (Going to PIT: 1B Prince Fielder, 2B Tony Bill, 3B Javier Valdivieso. Going to NYA: 1B Mark Leon, LF Jason Bay, P Michael Ramey)
6/15/2017: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $7,320,000 per year, for 4 years
6/15/2017: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $7,320,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/2017, hitting .407 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 2017
Won Player of the Week award on 4/11/2018, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2018, hitting .365 with 8 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston on 7/19/2019
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 9/18/2019
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/18/2020
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 7/3/2020
5/6/2021: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $7,320,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/2021, hitting .542 with 5 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Anaheim, driving in 6 runs on 7/16/2022
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2022, hitting .609 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2022, hitting .423 with 9 HR, 27 RBI